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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Postmasters are furnished by the
department with the patent key to
open the mail bag. This key is at
tached to small steel chain some
five feet long, which the directions
require to be fastened to screw
attached to the bottom of the draw
err at the official table. The drawer
must be locked by Yale lock and
never opened except for official pur.
poses. In event of the key to the
bag breaking, the pieces with the
chain are to be gathered and for
warded to the department at Wash
ington in a registered letter when
another will be delivered. The rule
is imperative that no local lock-
smith shall be allowed to TANNER
with the broken key. SO well made
are these keys that they rarely ever
get out of order, in which event the
nearest postmaster is allowed t.
open the bag for the local until his
new key is furnished him.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

There is 30 cause for alarm con-
corning q stringency in the money
market, whether congress be spe-
cially convened or not. Secretary
Fairchild is q safe and conservative
manager, and his pove4s are ample,
under existing laws, to enable him
to ward off any threatened trouble.
In the worst contingency that can
ne imagined he is at liberty to step
into the open market and buy bonds
for government account. This
method of procedure, including tax
alton first and the distribution OF
the fruits of taxation afterward.
may be less sImple lnd direct than
leaving the peoples money in their
own hands all the time; but since
we have to consider things as they
are, not as they might be, it is a
comfort to know that tth discreet, len
given to The secretary of the treas
ury is sufficiently broad, and the
man to exercise it is alert enough
to nulIify the danger which might
otherwise menace the business in
terests of the oouatry.-Wa5hin9ton
Star.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23
Scarcely Appropriate.


He was not Il man of metaphors
but he had a heart N him as big as
I load Of straw and he was smitter
IN the usual way.
81 love YOU" he said to her hest
tatingly.
mo you don't" she replied will
a pleased consciousness of suprem-
1cy,
Eyes I do. I love you harder
than-than-than-"
ethan wbat?" she suggested as
he came to dead stop at a loss fol-
I simile.
"Harder than-than q woman
can throw a stove lid at her hus
band"
1t was scarcely appropriate al
such a time, but love laughs al
rhetoric and he got the girl.-Wash
ington Critic.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23
VINO Was the Traitor2

St. Paul Globe: The union
cause had a Benedict Arnold dur
ing the late civil war, but his name
has never been disclosed. 1t is
known that he was q federal officer
high in command in Middle Tonnes
see about the close OF the year
1868, but the secret of his
treaohery is forever buried in the
grave OF a Young confederate scout.
During the month Of October,
1868, Gen. Bragg thought that it
was necessary for the success Of his
movement that the strength Of the
federal Notifications of Middle Ten
nessee should be accurately known.
He selected Sam Davis, Tennes-
see lad 10 years old, to perform the
difficult and dangerous work. Young
Davis had entered the confederate
army at II years Of age and had ac-
quired the reputation Of being the
best scout in the rebel service. He
was the son of a Pulaski county
farmer, boy of most excellent hab-
It's and remarkable for his bravery
and prudence.
When Gen. Bragg informed Da-
Wis what he wanted done, the lad
readily undertook to perform the
mission. On the goth of November
he was captured by body Of
troops belonging to Gen. Dodge's
command, and he was then on his
return to Bragg's camp with the
plans of all the Notifications at
Nashville and other important mill
tary posts IN Tennessee on his per
son. Gen. Dodge was satisfied
from the accuracy of the plans and
minuteness Of detail that Davis had
gotten his information from some
one holding q high position among
the federal engineers.
Every effort was made by Gen.
Dodge to induce Davis to tell the
name of the federal traitor, but in
vain. Davis admitted that -the
plans had been furnished by an Of
6cer high in rank in the union
army, but resolutely refused to
disclose the name of his informant.
Finding it impossible to move Da-
Wis in his stubborn determination.
Gen, Dodge ordered a court martial
to try the young scout on the
charge of being q spy. Col Madi-
son Miller of the eighteenth Mis-
souri, regiment, presided at the trial,
and Davis was found guilty, sen
fenced and hanged. When on the
scatfold he was again offered a par
don and q safe return within the
confederate lines if he would impart
the sources of his information
Davis said that he could not reveal
the name of his informer without
violating his own promise Of score
cy. He preferred death to dishon-
or. 1t is possible that the fedora,
officer is still alive and in the ser
vice. But he knows that the secre
cy of his treachery is buried in tho
grave of a boy whose fidelity II
honor only makes his own crime the
blacker.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23
The Country School and the Farmers Boy

The country school is preemi
neatly the farmers school. In it
the great majority Of the farmers OF
Today received their education, and
IN it the great majority Of those OF
the next generation will receive the
whole of their schooling.
Is the country school doing what
it should for the farmers boy? Is
1t giving to the boy who will re
main on the farm that kind of an
education which will be the best
preparation for life's work?
What is an education for? Why
should q boy spend so much time
in the school-roomF The purpose of
boys education is to tit him for
ais work, whatever that may be.
The education given in a country
school ought then to fit the boy to
be q successful farmer, for that is to
be the profession OF most country
school boys.
What education does the farmer
profession demand? The ability to
read, write and understand the En-
gIish language and TO make readily
all the ordinary numerical calcula
lions connected with his business
this is all, some say, that farmer
needs, and tits io practically all
that many of the schools supply.
But is this enough? Shall we set
the standard of education for the
farmer at the very lowest notch ?
Shall we in this way say chat the
poorest education is sufficient for
the farmer? We certainly do not
think that farming is the occupa
ton for which the poorest educa-
lion is sufficient. GIVE the boy OPP
portunity TO become acquainted
with the things Ground him. Put
the study of soils, plants, animals,
etc, Into your schools, Ask your
school teachers to give instructions
Of this kind. Demand of them that
they know enough to give such in
structi0n IN TIE right way. If you
will demand only the best of teach
ers for your children you can have
these things taught to them; but if
you are willing to take, year by
year, the young and poorly prepar-
ed teachers, the work will not and
cannot be done. You will have &c
pay roundly for such efficient
teachers; but will it not be the best
economy in the long run, for are
hey not to instruct your children
for their whole iife's work?-Amer-
lean Agriculturist.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

The new congress is fresher from
The people than was its predecessor.
Its leaders ought to have discovered
the necessity Of compromise
basis of tax reduction. The demo
Gratis, being in q majority, must ap
Dreciate the Importance to them OF
redeeming their promises in this
matter before the fall elections.
Political expediency thus concurs
with public necessity in urging &C
ton. The president should at
least give the iiftieth congress an
opportunity to do the duty which
its two predecessors neglected.-N.
I. World.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23
Democracy and the Liquor Question

The liquor question has been SO
thoroughly tested and written about
that it only worth our while to in
dictate with clearness the general
result. 1t is obvious that all men
are agreed that intoxication is an
evil, and that there are but three
classes Of opinion on the subject -
but those vino believe in modera-
ted representation, i. G., license laws
or local option; those who believe in
prohibition and think in possible;
and those who are sin favor of a
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

John Monroe, young man living
with his widowed sister in the
northern part of Georgia, was Dig
gjng a hole for a potato bin in his
cellar the other day when his spade
broke open an earthen pot contain
ing 81, 480 in gold The coin had
been buried by his sisters husband
during the war and subsequently
FORGOTTEN,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Cur new supreme judges are gal
lantly redeeming the promises
made for them. The docket was
5000 cases behind when they went
ia apd IN lass than 8 yQar they have
tried 2O00 Of them. They have
caught up III West and East Ten
nessee and will catch up in Midi {
Tennessee at the next sitting. We
have heard no complaint that they
sighted justice in their haste.
Emil Mancke, a famous German
wrestler, weighs AL pounds and is
, feet II inches tall.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

JACKSON, June 15.-Mr. William
Murchison of Medin, who tasted
ninety days without food or water
on account Of paralysis Of the
throat, died yesterday. This is the
most remarkable case known to his
tory and will be fully reported II
the medical Journals.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

The ''Barcbone's Parliament" is n
name given to the body called I'M
der Cromwell's direction, and which
after short sitting, resigned its
power to its head, bestowing upon
him the title of Lord Protector of
the Commonwealth" This parlia
ment won its name from the fact
that a London currier name Bare
bone was q prominent member Of it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

A young IMAM of Montreal Is
noon blind, and cannot see at all in
the evening. He contracted the
blindness few years ago by sleep
ing on the deck Of a ship in the full
glare of a tropical moon. Such
cases, while very rare, are not UNI
known.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

a.
The clear and almost effected ten
dency of to day is to consider that
the marriage relation makes no
difference whatever in the status OF
the two married persons, except to
affect the descent of their property
after death, and to make it penal
offence for the husband to refuse to
support his wife. Only in Caiifor-
MIA, Dakota, Georgia and New Mex
leo is it declared that ''the husband
is the head of the family and the
wife is subject to him" Only in
Louisiana and New Mexico does
she ''owe obedience to him" and is
she expressly obliged to live with
him, and this because the law Of
those states comes from French
and Spanish sources. In many
states the husband is no longer liza
BILE for his wife's trespasses; and in
nearly all she is not bound to pay
his debts. And in Oregon and
Washington Territory call laws ex
cept voting and holding office
which impose or recognize civil dis
abilities upon a wife which are not
! imposed or recognized as existing
to the husband are repealed" while
| Mississippi boldly pronounces the
common law as to disabilities OF
married women and their property
to be abrogated. While, on the
other hand, the doors of escape
from marriage have been multipii-
ed, the means of entering into
marriage have been encouraged.
Pennsylvania and Georgia express
| ly so state, and in all states the
ease, quickness and simplicity OF
the marriage ceremony has been
greatly increased. The solitary eA
ception to this rule-that the age Of
| legal marriage has generally been
changed from the common-law rule
Of fourteen and twelve to sixteen,
eighteen and even twenty-one-is
| probably due to climatic reasons
Fhe prohibited degrees have been
reduced aud 1irst-cous;ns can gener
orally marry; bans have been done
away with, and informal and de
ceptive marriages recognized. He
gal relations have been more strict
Iy treated. Adultery has in many
states been made a criminal offence
and if other illicit relations have
been treated leniently in the GRIM!
nal law, in the civil law every pos
sible remedy has been afforded th'
injured party for PREPARATION or com
pensation. We may therefore con
! cIude, despite the conservative re-
action notable in the last few years
that the tendency Of democracy ha
5 so far been, while recognizing mar
e rage as 4 civil status, to deny tina
, right of the husband to authorit,
and possession which has hitherto
been the axiom of the Anglo-Saxol
view of that institution, and to max
marriage a contract easily made ant
easily ended, while strictly punish
ing offences against the marital re
lation while it lGsts.--From eth
Ethics of Democracy" by f. j
p Stimson, in Scribner's Magazine 70
June.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Rev. C. Ii. Mead writes in the
Cleaner, published by the Mont
gomery, Ala, Industrial School:
"A colored aunty whose goodly
stock of pigs had been mysterious
ly reduced until only two were left,
was asked what had become of the
missing ones? Her reply was, i
likes to speak well of the dead, but
dat niger Gray who's just done
died was aa awful stumbling block
to hogs"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

1t is certain that long debate
will precede any reduction of the
revenues because of the differences
Of opinion as to whether the reduc-
ton should be effected by repeating
the internal taxes or by lowering
the customs duties. It would seem
to be wise, therefore, for congress
to meet early next fall and provide
for getting rid of the surplus be
fore the regular session without the
troublesome surplus question.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23
Rhndn Isinnd. Saws an exchange

Rhode Island, says an exchange,
was the last of the original thirteen
states to ratify the national consti-
tution. and it was only upon The
passage of bill by the national
senate, prohibiting commerce with
1bat state, that Little Rhody at
length gave in her adherence, thus
completing again the union OF the
thirteen. Thus was accomplished
In 100.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Professor Boss of Albany says:
"The star Alpha Cygni is moving
along at the rate of so miles sec
ond." We are glad to see the nine
teenth century has produced some
thing that can keep pace with a
sewing circle.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

What is more surprising than Q
snow storm in July?" asks q St
Paul correspondent. We couldn't
exactly say unless it should be two
snow storms IN July,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

The Cardiff giant is stored away
in Il garnet of house in Texas.
He has been at last pronounced
stone dead.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

When q man boasts that he moves
IN the best OF society, it may not be
impertinent to suggest that it is
probably because he is not permit
ted to stay in it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Uncle Sam should postpone the
Canadian war of conquest for a few
years longer. If American bank
deposits continue to be made in
Canada, Uncle Sam can check it
out of existence.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Ending of boys's letter from
boarding-school: 81 can't write
any more, for my feet are so cello
shat can't hold a pen. Your af
aectionate son. Tommy"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

A correspondent thinks that there
is something IN the American air
that inclines people to chew. Men
chew tobacco and women chew gum.
1t is probably because America is a
free country, where people do pref
tY much as they cheWs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

The highest spot Inhabited by hu-
man beings is said to be the Bud
hist cIoister Of Hanie, Thibet, where
Il priests live at an altitude OF 49,
900 feet.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

A Boston man has invented a
neyer-slip wrench which is said to
be great success. Now if he would
set his brains to work and invent n
never-slip sidewalk, all humanity
would rise up and call him blessed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

1t is stated that a powder com
pany in New York has stopped bus
mess, but it is nothing new to hear
OF powder mill ..going up"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

In murder cases where there is
danger of hanging the prisoner the
defense makes every effort TO hang
the jury.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

81 have such an indulgent has
band" said little Mrs. Doll. eyes,
so George says" responded Mrs.
Spiteful, quietly; sometimes he in
dulges too much, doesn't hep
They no longer speak to each other.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Suspicious I ailor-"There, stand
in that position, please, and look
st that notice while l take your
measure" Customer reads the no
eice :--E.Terms cash."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

There is more of power to sancti-
fly, elevate, strengthen and cheer i'll
the word Jesus (Jenovah-Savionr)
than in all the utterances of man
since the world began.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

81 have a theory about the dead
languages" remarked e freshman
Il think they were killed by being
studied too hard"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

A woman has been appointed as
one of the six city physicians OF
Rochester, n. Y.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

whats in a name?" an exchange
inquiries. That depends. In Welsh
names there are principally conso-
nants and Us.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

They don't build large buildings
in Chicago any more. They simp-
ly s'erect commdlous structures
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

The general impression is that
Tennyson's last ode is decidedly
ode-ious.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Bees ought to be as universally
found on the farm as fowls or any
other domestic animals. Yet there
are comparatively few farmers that
have them and hundreds Of pounds
Of the nectar of the flowers is lost
every year on the majority Of farms
that might otherwise be used great
ly to the comfort and health of the
user. The farmer does not need to
be q perfect apiculturist to succeed
with bees on . small scale. If be
invests in q good bee book and
commences with & single stand, he
may with no labor and little or no
care be able to supply his family
as often as needed with that most
delightful and wholesome addition
to any table. We do not recon-
mend farmers to go into honey rails
ing for profit but merely to supply
their own wants. 4 half dozen
good colonies IN improved hives
will ordinarily supply ali that is
wanted for a large family. There
are few people who do not like
honey; it is good for children and
in disease is good medicine. There
IS nothing we know Of that can
make such a large return on the
iarm for such small outlay. Let
every beeless farmer try it.-DIrigo
Rural.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Archbishop Feehan confirmed
800 children at once in Chicago
Sunday.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Many talk the loudest against
sin when they are walking arm in
arm with the devil.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

People who tel! big yarns ought
to be compelled to take out spe-
cial license.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

1t is time for a man to swear of
when he mistakes lamp post for q
perpendicular bed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

During the reign of Augustus
Caesar, Rome, it is calculated, had a
population of about 100000.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23
A shop lifer-an earthquake.

Never abuse mule behind his
back.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Died from exposure-the default
er who committed suicide.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

About the worst examples a boy
meets with are in the arithmetic.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

If moles cast up hills, it will
rain.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Where ignorance is bliss the hot
handle of shovel is blister.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

If swallows fly lower than usual,
expect rain.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

"Excuse me for living" is the lat
est form of apology.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

A lively red nose-the active
volcanoes.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

If crickets sing louder than usual.
it will rain. !.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

Out of season-an empty pepper
box.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23
lightning Railroad nonstruotion

The dirt is bound to fly when you
get 5000 men and over, and 5000
teams at work on it; and that is
what the St. P, NJ. d NJ. Ry. Co.
has done on the new extension Of
its system now building from Mi
not, Oak, to Great Falls, Mont.
Daring the past six weeks the road
has been completed 10 q point near
ly 100 miles west of Minot, and
now the contractors are booming
along at . rate from five to six
miles day, or at rate of speed
never before attempted or even
dreamed of in the sway of railroad
construction. For a distance of
100 miles, or more than seventy
miles beyond Fort Buford, there is
one almost continuous line of the
white tented camps of these grad
ers. From White Earth river, eigh-
ty miles west of Minot, constant
stream of freighters' wagons bear
ing supplies for man and beast,
occupied the trail across the prairie.
For in that unsettled country 1t is
necessary to bring everything in
the way of supplies from eastern
markets. Six thousand and six
hundred men, that is the full mum
Der of laborers now employed, and
5000 teams make way, it is hardly
necessary to say, with u good bit of
food in the course of q day. Al
ready within the space of @ little
over six weeks the contractors have
purchased 5000 sacks, or 100000
pounds of -four, and 100000 bush
els of oats. There were driven into
camp the other day 10 head OF
cattle, but little computation
showed that this would furnish on
" about an average Of 10 pounds to
each man.
To lay five miles of track it takes
1860 rails, weighing in the aggre-
gate l, 05G,000 pounds. To spike
this requires 26,S80 spikes, weigh
ing 1920 pounds. 1t also takes
7,040 bolts to every five miles. Five
miles of ties number 1920, OF
enough to make a small forest. All
this material, and sometimes more
is now used every day by the Mani
toba Co. A little exercise of the
multiplication table will show what
it means for q corporation like this
to build railroads all summer.